我跟家里人商量了
“I talked it over with my family.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也没啥 就是
“Nothing much, but...”
我 跟家里人商量了
“I talked it over with my family.”
你说我这年纪
“At my age,”
“My mind is pretty much made up because my whole family agrees it makes the most sense at my stage of life.”
In Chinese culture, significant life and career moves are rarely purely individual choices; consulting family lends legitimacy and shared responsibility to the outcome.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
discuss with one's family
Use this phrase to indicate that a major personal or career decision involves collective family input.
Signals completed consultation and a settled state of affairs.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I want to discuss something with you.”
“you should discuss it with me first, alright?”
“I have an idea.”
“There's something I need to discuss with you.”
“I'd like to discuss something with you.”
“My family made them. I'm not very good at it.”